She's an old lady visiting teenagers, how much do you think they have to chat about? I did love reading that she apparently likes Arianna Grande though Well done to the queen for getting off her backside and visiting, it would have meant a lot to the staff I imagine too. I know someone who works at one of the hospitals who returned from their holiday to help and hasn't stopped since.

I agree with this. Plus - she is 91. 91. She's travelled a bloody long way to be there. She could have asked William or Harry to deputise for her, but chose to be there herself. That, I think, says a lot.

Those poor kids - they've just been blown up and seen things no child should ever see. Do you really think they were sat in their beds today thinking they'd much rather have Harry and Willian visit them. Of course not. Riddiculous thing to say.

If you don't like her OP l image it's possibly to interpret anything she does negatively.

It's also highly unlikely, if that's your mindframe, that anything anyone says to you to the contrary of your interpretation of her actions will make any difference. But I'm interested to hear how you think a 91 year old woman could visit the hospital beds of recently injured teenagers better than she did.

She is a mother a grandmother and a great grandmother and when she sees the injured children she probably wants to have a good cry but she can't she is the queen brought up in a different time So she probably deals with her emotions the best way she can The younger royals are different brought up in a more relaxed way

I'm no monarchist, but the queen is 91. She is a very elderly lady with a hectic schedule and I think she does incredibly well to get around as much as she does. It is to her great credit that she made the effort to visit the injured young people in Manchester, and I'm sure that it was a comfort for some of them. Sure, she doesn't have the natural warmth and easygoing charm that, say, Prince Harry has, but I doubt she finds it that easy to chat to teenagers at her age. At least she made the effort.

I think she kept the conversation light, she didn't want to say to the young girls "so what you saw and went through must have been awful!" She ~rightly so~ didn't want them to dwell on the horror, just about getting better. And like many others have said, she's 91... my grandma doesn't have a clue who Ariana Grande is, or have much to talk to teenagers about!

I was not implying William and Harry should have gone.I appreciate she is 91. I think it was good she went to visit the injured.I just thought it didn't come naturally to her.I so rarely get to see early evening news.